\Faint"ness\, n.
1. The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of
   consciousness, and self-control.
2. Want of vigor or energy. --Spenser.
3. Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness;
   as, faintness of description.
4. Faint-heartedness; timorousness; dejection.
         I will send a faintness into their hearts. --Lev.
                                               xxvi. 36.